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Brink is an immersive first-person shooter that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience, allowing you to develop your character whether playing alone, with your friends, or against others online. You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind's last refuge. Brink offers a compelling mix of dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options, and an innovative control system that will keep you coming back for more.

Average Customer Rating:

7.5

Rating Snapshot(343 reviews)

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156 out of 21971%of reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Brink

Review 1 for Brink

GameStop Bonus Trailer

Posted on:4/17/11

BigNiles

Location: Riviera Beach, FL

Check this trailer out on YouTube. It's the trailer made for the DOOM Pack!

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YISI

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Posted 4/19/11

They should call this Team Fortress 3.

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Review 2 for Brink

this game is a action pact experince

Posted on:3/7/11

ARMS

Location: lonoke AR

even tho sum say that the game wont sell ...na it will ya were used to CoD and all them outher ones but thats the beauty of BRINK its a hole new way to experice gaming with the SMART button makes the game a lil like assassins creed ans the guns mak it lik black ops so you hav a win win ther rite so all im sayin is if you get this game(witch i recemend) you will have the best game in you life (for now) so spread the word of this fantastic game and dont thing BRINK is a bad game cause its not it is an AWSOME game

I've been following this game since last year, the free run and the "choose your own path" type of coop side missions are really great, but say what you want no matter how good the game is the 1000lbs gorilla in the room is ... THE ART STYLE! You heard it from me first! if this game does 200 thousand units it will be a mild miracle. I hate to say it won't sell because we're so use to seeing Gears and CoD models, who's going to run and gun with anorexic Wii Madden models.

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Review 5 for Brink

pretty good

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

8out of10

Posted on:5/11/11

gamefan4564

Location: shelbyville mi

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

this is an action filled game, and that's what makes it great, but there are some problems. the voice acting is, interesting, when you get shot down it takes a while for your allies to revive you, and your character seems to move slow. but this is a game worth playing

When I first saw this game being played on the LCD screen of a Gamestop I quickly did my research for the game and waited until I actually had $60 to fork over. When I finally got it I went home and slammed that mofo into my ps3. Once I started playing I quickly had to create my character which was the best thing in the game (all customization in the game was awesome) but there weren't that many pretty faces to pick from, you scroll from ugly to fugly but I didn't mind. At first I didn't get campaign nor where to play online against other people. Turns out campaign IS online. You basically unlock EVERYTHING once you hit level 15 or quite possibly 17, can't remember, and well you unlock weapons and accessories in the challenges mode. I literally beat the game in 2 days, not much storyline in this game. Yeah, the campaign can get pretty intense but it still seemed REALLY easy playing campaign online. So my advice, wait until it's a whole lot cheaper, not worth the $60 AT ALL.

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

7out of10

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Review 7 for Brink

Looks very good and well put together !

Posted on:12/3/10

SpongeBobBrownPants

Location: Indiana

I thought this Day would never come. A FPS that actually looks like it's ahead of its time. Don't get wrong Call Of Duty Black ops is and will continue to be a great game. However being that Im not a pro gamer but Someone that enjoys gaming as a side hobby next to sports school I am indeed your average COD gamer. I realized once I hit tenth prestige on Modern Warfare Two and I finished KillZone 2 and started to reach high in prestige in Black Ops it wasn't enough to fill my hunger for a great FPS. Brink is't like halo or KillZone 2 or Call Of Duty it's very unique and something I have never seen before in my interior life. Brink looks amazing with outstanding Graphix great story line and the character models look cool. This game looks superb and almost like Mirrors Edge and a Jason Bourne type game just by watching all the cool character cinmatics like how they trow there guns and dodge RPG missiles,and the Assasin type stealthy characters.wow I just cant wait till this game is released.

Looking at this game, I know that it's going to change to pace of most FPS gamers. It's sort of a cross between Mirror's Edge and Bulletstorm, with the special "free move" button that expands your gameplay options to a suprising level. If you want to jump over a railing and up to a ledge, press the free move button, run towards the railing, and it will automatically commence the desired action. It's not an "auto-pilot", however, like one insightful previewer called it. The action that you perform will be based on what direction you're looking in. If you're looking up, it'll leap. If you're looking down, it'll drop. Left and right will probably apply also, so you won't be just doing the same action over and over again. Thanks for reading my preview; I hope it was helpful!

Unless you've already found this out I just figured I'd let you know its called the "SMART" button. Just telling you because people yelled at me for calling them camos and not skins for the guns

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Review 9 for Brink

Great Game!

Overall Rating:

9out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

9out of10

Lasting Appeal:

8out of10

Posted on:5/11/11

PS3convert

Location: Irvine, CA

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

DO NOT SKIP THIS GAME! Brink is a game everyone should try out. I know bad reviews have been posted by several big names like IGN but their reviews are flawed. This game brings to the table exactly what it said it would. Seamlessly blend multi-player and campaign. There are two campaigns that contain both very unique and entertaining viewpoints about the fate of the Ark. Many are saying this game has no campaign and that single player is just local multiplayer. Heres where they're wrong: first, there is DEFINITELY a campaign. All the objectives you complete contribute to the story and serve a purpose. Note: The gameplay is squad based similar to Ghost Recon. Secondly, the singleplayer is played very similarly to campaign but thats just what it means to blend single and multi-player. These two issues which are highly exagerrated do not warrant a low score for this game. The gameplay is smooth as butter with S.M.A.R.T. and the customization is incredible. If you need two games to compare it to its like Army of Two mixed with Battlefield. This game is incredible don't miss out!

Personally i thought this was going to be amazing and the main point is great but mixing the shooting and S.M.A.R.T. system is very hard to do so with this makes the game very difficult which can be good and bad at times... The Campain is very slow and boring but i do like the online gameplay. the charater customization is really good and so are the guns besides all that good game

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Review 10 for Brink

Decent Game, Lacking in Areas

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

7out of10

Graphics:

8out of10

Sound:

9out of10

Lasting Appeal:

6out of10

Posted on:10/18/11

hegwoodski

Location: Mankato, MN

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

Brink as a whole is a pretty good game. I have spent a lot of time playing it and have had a good time doing so. The way the game is played might be one of the coolest ideas in any FPS to date. With a cool new concept also comes a downfall. You will notice when playing the game offline that the AI is absolutely terrible and predictable. If for some reason they make a Brink 2, I hope they spend more time on fixing the AI. Besides that the game is really fun and for the price it is worth a play through just to see where games will be heading. I think COD already copied an idea from Brink with the free running where you just run over top of objects rather than having to press an action button. It has the same basic setup as Battlefield (Not as good though) with the Soldier, Engineer, Medic, etc. It is a game where you have to complete certain objectives against the opposing team using those classes. If you aren't a huge COD gamer this would be worth a try.

this is gotta be one of the best games ive ever played , and i owned a 360 gamecube, n64, sns,gameboy,ps2,ps1, and i have to say this game is very underrated and for what there selling for its a steal, this game is well worth over $20 dollars thats for sure, ppl who give it bad critics dont know a 2011 game if it hit them in the face. this game is very addicting u can jump into it whenever u want if ur sick of other games and need something to fool around with. the customization is awesome, the guns are pretty sweet, and like i said if ur looking for a good shooter then this is right in your alley because its very fast paced, shooter, with lots of content on the game that gives u so much to do. ive played so many games in my life and i have to say this is my favorite game that i've ever played on a system, Congrats Brink! : )

Overall Rating:

10out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

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Review 12 for Brink

BRINK it on

Posted on:5/1/11

Notedeath

whew, another good looking game. I've been a fan of free running for a long time. I've been a fan of most FPS for a long time. If these 2 merge, it will form BRINK, my most anticipated game in 2011. And looking at the videos, I believe there will be a little RPG theme to this. And the customization just adds more value to the game. This type of games will solely depend on it's online multiplayer to either make it look good or make it look bad. But no matter what, I think i'll still love this game.

Brink is a fresh step in the right direction, but lacks in many areas. It's very repetitive. And if you play solo, you will have to do everything. The AI bots are dumb and always go for the least important objective, leaving you to switch to the correct class for the primary objective. Playing online is the most fun you'll get out of the game. When playing online, teamwork is crucial. A headset is extremely crucial for great teamwork. I'd say buy it and play it for a few months, then sell it at a garage sale.

Overall Rating:

6out of10

Gameplay:

6out of10

Graphics:

8out of10

Sound:

7out of10

Lasting Appeal:

5out of10

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Review 14 for Brink

Total Epic!

Posted on:5/4/11

PS3BrinkFTW

Brink is going to awesome! Everything about it, from the single player to the multiplayer modes. The team work that you will need to complete this, to the very fun game play. I have seen all the vids about Brink and can tell you that it is going to be awesome. I pre-ordered this hours after I knew this game existed! I can guarantee I will not be let down. If you are looking for a challenging yet total epic way to spend a boring afternoon, then pick up Brink. It is by far the best FPS game of all time! I will not go too far saying it is better than CoD, because CoD is also good. I will need to play Brink in order to compare it. Either way, I am sure that Brink is going to keep my days boredom free.

Well I'm looking forward to a new type of FPS with some back bone. Kinda tired of all the Modern Warfares, Black ops, Battlefields blah blah blah. Burnt out really. So it's good to see a fresh take on the genre and hopefully Bethesda doesn't let us down. As for the PS3 customers/users (including myself) hopefully Sony will have the Network fixed by the time this game hits store so that we all can enjoy the full capacity of what this game has to offer. Here's hoping that Sony can fix their problem in time for me to buy this $60.00 game and not have to play only half of it ( like Socom 4 and Portal 2 ).

I saw the trailers for this game and i thought it looked awesome. Bethesda usually pumps out some pretty decent games so i thought that this would be yet another one. I started the game off, customized my character and got excited to unlock new appearance features and weapons (so far so good). I jump into the campaign and about 2 hours later i was shocked by the fact that i had completed half the game. There are 2 factions and players can play both and run the campaign from both sides. Basically, you could finish the whole campaign in 4 hours (probably even less). The Story definitely lacks depth and is much too simplistic and short. SO THIS IS NOT A GAME FOR PEOPLE WHO ENJOY EXTENSIVE PLOT LINES!!!! The focus was definitely placed on the objective based, online game play. However, i was shocked once again to learn that the level cap is at 20. and it is fairly simple to unlock guns, gun attachments and so on. My hope is that there will be some more downloadable content for this game: more levels (campaign and free play) and more customization aspects.

When i heard about Brink, I was stoked. i couldn't wait to scale up walls and do all of this parkcour stuff in a shooter, I mean, it looked awesome. Listen to when I say, "It looked". Don't be fooled, The game is fun for a minute, but just gets boring after doing the same thing each mission. Steal this, defend that, blow up this door, defend the hostage, the list goes on and on. the weapon selection was alright but I was expecting more. I loved the character customization, but its only limited. On online i literally ran into a bunch of players that looked exactly like me clothes and all. The story? terrible. didn't make sense. I was like "What the heck is going on?" Its pretty much a multiplayer game with stupid AI's that don't help at all.the whole game, In conclusion, The game pretty much sucks. Don't waist your money, and don't waist your time.

Overall Rating:

5out of10

Gameplay:

5out of10

Graphics:

5out of10

Sound:

3out of10

Lasting Appeal:

2out of10

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Mostly for hardcore gamers

Posted 8/2/11

This game is O.K. But its not great! I thought it was gonna be a good game but it is dissapointing. The story line isnt all that great! Neither is the shooting and dying.

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Review 17 for Brink

Blew Black Ops Away!

Overall Rating:

10out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

Posted on:5/26/11

BitetheBullet86

Location: California

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

Everyone stop hating on this game and comparing it to black ops! Well, not everyone but mostly everyone I hear review this game. Which is disappointing because Brink is *fan boys sue me* better than Black Ops in my opinion! Oh, I think I just heard a fan boy at my doorstep. Yes, in my opinion, Brink is slightly better than Black Ops (not hating at Call of Duty, its an epic series) I just love the originality they try to add into a shooter that could be another Call of Duty knockoff, like some OTHER GAME, YES I'M LOOKING AT YOU MEDAL OF HONOR REMAKE! But its something far better than a knockoff, its a game you want to get by getting off your lazy a** and buy it at Game stop immediately! Only gripe is level cap is at 20, but there is so many customization options I made too many awesome characters to care :)

Overall Rating:

10out of10

Gameplay:

10out of10

Graphics:

10out of10

Sound:

10out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

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LordJonny12

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SUCKS 0/10

Posted 5/29/11

this game has no originality it is a complete knock off of the uncharted series except the uncharted series has better graphics. also black ops sucks towards MW2. Brink like I said before it is a complete knock off of the uncharted series so that is why EVERYBODY IS HATTING ON THIS GAME.

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Review 18 for Brink

WAY too under rated.

Overall Rating:

9out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

9out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

Posted on:6/2/12

PublicVermin

Location: Boston, MA

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

I loved this game from the second i played it. While it was nothing really NEW, per say, the story was great, and all of the action was fluid, and natural. The biggest thing that this game focused on (pre release) was the use of the "smart button" which is basically parkour in game to navigate vertical/taller objects. While in any other game, a player would simply vault up and over what ever was there, it's just something completely different and unique. The "smart button" does have it's moments, though, i'd say about 20% it get temperamental, mainly when your just sitting still, and decide to go up an over something. The online is great too, most of the community is not only nice, but almost EVERY time i have gotten online, the matches were great, never one was there just a shut out because of "pros". Without ranting too much longer with even more grammatical errors, i defiantly suggest this game, buy it used, and at the VERY least you can return it!

Overall Rating:

9out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

9out of10

Sound:

9out of10

Lasting Appeal:

10out of10

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Review 19 for Brink

Brink is awesome

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

8out of10

Graphics:

7out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

9out of10

Posted on:8/20/12

GarinT

Location: Freeport, IL

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

First off, I'm not really a FPS kind of guy, I haven't played a lot of FPS games. Heck, I thought Haze was an ok game. From the first time I saw the preview for Brink, I said to myself, I gotta get this game. I haven't been let down. I've always been a big fan of creating your own character in games, and this has endless ways to customize your character to either look as much as yourself in real life (as I prefer to do in all my games) or make a fantasy/super human character. I do wish the campaign/story mode was a bit longer but it's ok with me. This is a good game for casual FPS people like myself. Any bad reviews I've seen have been from the hardcore gamer crowd. Then again, imo they all think the world of video gaming revolves around Call of Duty and Halo. If your looking for that kind of game your going to be disappointed. If your looking for something different, this game is a great choice.

Overall Rating:

8out of10

Gameplay:

8out of10

Graphics:

7out of10

Sound:

8out of10

Lasting Appeal:

9out of10

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Review 20 for Brink

For Tactical/ RPG players.

Overall Rating:

9out of10

Gameplay:

9out of10

Graphics:

7out of10

Sound:

6out of10

Lasting Appeal:

9out of10

Posted on:11/17/11

LightningV

Location: Richmond, Virginia

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

When I first heard of a game that emphasized on Parkour I instantly researched the origins of the game and found that I was much more impressed then before. I for one am a Traceur, practicing the art of Parkour for well over 3 years and immediately held interest to this title, though movement is sometimes clunky within the game, it is a definitely a step in the right direction when it comes to movement innovation in FPS. BF3/ DICE "attempted" this by adding their old formula from the classic Traceur game 'Mirrors Edge', don't get me wrong M.E. is one of my favorites, but when you honestly try implementing a movement system from a Parkour game with a FPS without having a solid foundation or vision for Parkour, why even put it in there. The gunplay is much more personal (8v8) when combating against enemies due to the size of the maps being smaller then BF3 but larger the CoD. Weapons consist of: Sub-machine guns, AR's, Massive Weapons, and Snipers. The weapons in BRINK are customizable in every aspect except color but the weapons show character in each of them and tell a story depending if you choose a faction of your liking, they also do less damage and have increased spread due to the Developers not wanting to instill the mindset of camping or just Run&Gun, sometimes you have use your "Aim Button" kids, as some other FPS games.... (CoD) like to not do, this game is meant to be a Tactical Movement/ Run&Gun. When making a character you feel like "YOUR" on the ark, going from the disgruntled look of a Resistance member or the clean-cut look of the Security, ranging from hair, facial hair, facial features, scars, clothing, clothing color, accessories the works. Though I am upset that they couldn't add female characters as a variety it still delivers an immersive way of feeling like your character and the A.I. is a little sluggish/slow but it doesn't destroy the game. The classes are also distinguishable and have set objectives which you must achieve by working together: Soldier being to supply teammates with ammo, variety in grenades or having to destroy a large obstacles: Assault. Engineers who hand out weapon buffs to teammates increasing the amount of damage given up to 15-25%, setting up personal turrets, or constructing certain obstacles: Defence class. Medics dispence syringes out to fallen comrades, buff health & other aspects of other: Support. And finally Operatives: Spies of the battlefield can upload data to teammates, hack objectives, disguise as fallen enemies, and have interesting gadgets that utilize the battlefield as itself. Overall I think it is an amazing game, it dvells deep into character progression as well as teamwork (been playing since release) it definetly deserves to be played, especially for the LOW PRICE. Oh and don't forget to pick up the 'Agents of Change' DLC for the full experience of this game.